This Awareness of Beauty : The Orchestral and Wind Band Music of Healey Willan / Keith William Kinder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinder, Keith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Willan, Healey, 1880-1968. Band music.

Willan, Healey.

Willan, Healey, 1880-1968. Orchestra music.

Willan, Healey, 1880-1968--Criticism and interpretation.

Band music--20th century--History and criticism.

Band music.

Orchestral music--20th century--History and criticism.

Orchestral music.

Willan, Healey, -- 1880-1968--Criticism and interpretation.

Willan, Healey, -- 1880-1968 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Willan, Healey, -- 1880-1968. -- Band music.

Willan, Healey, -- 1880-1968. -- Orchestra music.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) : music

Distribution:

Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This Awareness of Beauty is the first book to consider the orchestral and wind band music of Canadian composer Healey Willan, who was known primarily for his choral work. A succinct biography accompanies historical, analytical, and critical investigations of Willan’s instrumental music, asserting Willan’s seminal place in Canadian music and the significance of his orchestral and wind band music both nationally and internationally.Each composition is investigated in chronological order to illustrate the composer’s evolution as a creator of instrumental music from his early years in England to his later, and more notable, accomplishments in Canada. Willan’s orchestral music may be seen as both a reaction to and a stimulus for the significant improvement in Canadian orchestral performance during the 1930s and 40s, a factor in the creation of his large-scale compositions, including two symphonies and a piano concerto.Although much has been written about Willan, most of it has centred on his choral work, with biography and/or musicology as the frame of reference; this project considers his instrumental music in terms of performance, provides historical context for many of the works included, and corrects errors that have crept into the literature.

Contents:

"English by Birth, Irish by Extraction, Canadian by Adoption, and Scotch by Absorption : Introduction and Biographical Sketch"

Part One: "Tender, Lyrical, Forceful, Arresting" : The Orchestral Music. Early Orchestral Works

Works for Small Orchestra

Shorter Orchestral Works

Works for Piano and Orchestra

The Symphonies

Part Two: "A Couple of Very Pretty Tunes" : Works for Wind Band. Concert Band Works

Pedagogical Music

The Fanfares

Conclusion

Appendix: Works Reviewed with Sources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781554589623

1554589622

9781554589616

1554589614

OCLC:

890934572